Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oakfield (Hitchin)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Merge to Highbury Ward. As below, the redirect is unlikely to be used but I've kept it on the extremely off chance that someone searches for it -- Samir 05:41, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Oakfield (Hitchin)

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This is an non-notable urban area within a small town. There are no references to suggest this name is anything but a locally known name for a few streets. Previous PROD removed on the basis all settlements are notable, but this is only a very small part of a settlement. Derek Andrews (talk) 00:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect to Highbury Ward. Gosh! I deproddded this 3.5 years ago! Actually, if we are still going down the route of 'all settlements are notable' then we really do need to define what is a settlement. In truth, I see no merit in deletion - pray explain what harm this page is doing? To be fair, though, this does look a permastub as do the other three 'settlements' that form the Highbury Ward page. I think that a good pragmatic way forward would be to merge all four feeder pages into Highbury Ward, add some details about the ward elections and we would then have a worthwhile page. WP:Before also applies. TerriersFan (talk) 01:52, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment I did consider WP:Before, but given the lack of references and lack of apparent notability, I would not be comfortable adding this material to another page. The harm this page does? Well, it just encourages more pages like this to be created, i.e. pages based on unreferenced local knowledge. It also leads to content like Hitchin, a list which I am working through and am faced with a whole bunch of such pages to deal with. Some have merit, but I think for the most part only the current wards and perhaps former distinct villages will survive. This of course leads readers to find these stubs, and perhaps want to create more based on where they live and what they know. Derek Andrews (talk) 13:03, 23 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect to Highbury Ward unless someone can come up with a reference about this district. Cusop Dingle (talk) 16:57, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:25, 23 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I was going to go for delete but I'll go along with a merge/redirect. Although there's so little in this article there's hardly anything mergeable. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 22:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment I am beginning to think I should have flagged this article as a neologism WP:NEO. Take a look at a street map. Anyway, I have merged what I can from all four feeder pages into Highbury Ward. The other three I have made redirects already. If you really feel that this is worth making a redirect too, then so be it. Derek Andrews (talk) 23:21, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.